I work at CMU near Schenley Park. 4 months ago I bought a parking permit at work. I offered to take some guys to the park after work(where they park for free) every now and then when they can not get a ride up the hill. Now they seem to take advantage and assume I can ride them up every day. It is starting to get kind of annoying. What is the best way of handling this with out being a jerk? Any type of help would be apriciated.

Tell them you're car is full of junk that you need to take to your parents house and there's no room for them. Tell them that you haven't gotten a chance to get rid of it for the next times they ask. Actually put stuff in your car if you don't want to be caught in the lie. Other options are working late until they leave, telling them you have plans right after work and don't have time, or you could always tell them the truth.

How many of them are there? Divide the cost of a parking permit by however many of them there are and charge them. If they're friends, you should have no problem with it and they really shouldn't either. If they're not friends they are put in the position of just paying or getting mad about it and justifying your decision not to give them a ride.

JeffDFD wrote:Do they sit around and wait for you or something? If not, just leave and the next day tell them you were in a hurry.

They follow me right to my truck after we punch out everyday @ 4PM. I should have never offered but one day I felt bad when they did not have a ride. So I asked one day if they needed one. One day turned in to every so often, then it just became an every day thing. The guy that used to ride them I believe noticed and stopped doing it. There is 3 of them. Only one used to ask, then 2 followed, now all three of them expect a ride up to the park. The real kicker is they can ride the bus for free up there with our work I.D.'s

JeffDFD wrote:Do they sit around and wait for you or something? If not, just leave and the next day tell them you were in a hurry.

They follow me right to my truck after we punch out everyday @ 4PM. I should have never offered but one day I felt bad when they did not have a ride. So I asked one day if they needed one. One day turned in to every so often, then it just became an every day thing. The guy that used to ride them I believe noticed and stopped doing it. There is 3 of them. Only one used to ask, then 2 followed, now all three of them expect a ride up to the park. The real kicker is they can ride the bus for free up there with our work I.D.'s

JeffDFD wrote:Do they sit around and wait for you or something? If not, just leave and the next day tell them you were in a hurry.

They follow me right to my truck after we punch out everyday @ 4PM. I should have never offered but one day I felt bad when they did not have a ride. So I asked one day if they needed one. One day turned in to every so often, then it just became an every day thing. The guy that used to ride them I believe noticed and stopped doing it. There is 3 of them. Only one used to ask, then 2 followed, now all three of them expect a ride up to the park. The real kicker is they can ride the bus for free up there with our work I.D.'s

When you park, either pull through to the spot or back in. When you go to the truck, only unlock the drivers door, get in and drive away. They'll get the idea.

CERV, I assume that those guys used to park in that dirt lot down by the railroad tracks, and lost those spaces because of the new building construction, and therefore park in Schenley now for free? As a fellow CMU'er, I understand your pain with the parking here on campus. Pretty much everyone got screwed one way or another over the past year because of the cost of street parking going up, parking lots going away, therefore it affecting everyone.

Honestly, honesty is the best option here.First off, you said someone else uses to ride them. They obviously put an end to the situation. Now its your turn to end it.Secondly, its best to not fracture any business/work relationships. You never know who your leeches know. Not only might have connections higher up, but if they don't read this board, they might know someone who does.And that someone might be able to add 2+2.

I don't think just saying "hey, Im not going to be able to ride you guys to your cars everyday (or anymore, or ever again, or whatever you want)" would be too hard.

Honesty is the best policy. But they may look at you funny if you say that and then drive past them as they walk up the street. That is why I was asking if you could leave after/before them.

Being honest is good. Just say it cant be a regular thing...dont need to go into specifics and if they ask why just use an honest excuse like "i dont always drive past that" "sometimes I am in a hurry and need to leave quickly" "you can't depend on me every day because I have different things going on"- or whatever is true that you are OK with saying.

JeffDFD wrote:Do they sit around and wait for you or something? If not, just leave and the next day tell them you were in a hurry.

They follow me right to my truck after we punch out everyday @ 4PM. I should have never offered but one day I felt bad when they did not have a ride. So I asked one day if they needed one. One day turned in to every so often, then it just became an every day thing. The guy that used to ride them I believe noticed and stopped doing it. There is 3 of them. Only one used to ask, then 2 followed, now all three of them expect a ride up to the park. The real kicker is they can ride the bus for free up there with our work I.D.'s

Do you have to leave at 4 when they do?

Yep, we can only stay late if we are on a job and need to finish that day.

cheesesteakwithegg wrote:CERV, I assume that those guys used to park in that dirt lot down by the railroad tracks, and lost those spaces because of the new building construction, and therefore park in Schenley now for free? As a fellow CMU'er, I understand your pain with the parking here on campus. Pretty much everyone got screwed one way or another over the past year because of the cost of street parking going up, parking lots going away, therefore it affecting everyone.

Yes, they park at the top of the hill by the golf coarse. I got a Morewood pass this summer knowing that they were going to shut the tracks down.

cheesesteakwithegg wrote:CERV, I assume that those guys used to park in that dirt lot down by the railroad tracks, and lost those spaces because of the new building construction, and therefore park in Schenley now for free? As a fellow CMU'er, I understand your pain with the parking here on campus. Pretty much everyone got screwed one way or another over the past year because of the cost of street parking going up, parking lots going away, therefore it affecting everyone.

Yes, they park at the top of the hill by the golf coarse. I got a Morewood pass this summer knowing that they were going to shut the tracks down.

I used to park on Frew, but when they raised the rates up, I moved into Morewood over the summer. I hated that lot, as it added so much time to my commute just getting in and out of it on Forbes. They are supposed to put a new lot down by the tracks once the new building is done.